Dallwitz

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Dallwitz is a place name widespread from the Czech Republic to Saxony to Mecklenburg, which has changed slightly over the centuries, in some cases several times, and now occurs in different forms (Thallwitz, Dalwitz, Dallwitz, Dalovice etc.). The ending -witz is a Germanized originally Slavic patronymic suffix.

Dallwitz is also a family name and part of family names that several genders have adopted independently of each other and at different times from existing place names.


Dallwitz is the name of the following localities:

  • Dallwitz , German name of Dalovice (Czech), municipality and suburb of Karlsbad
  • Dallwitz (Priestewitz) , Dallwitz Castle, village and manor from 1551, district of Lenz from 1960, since 1994 district of Priestewitz in Saxony
  • Dallwitz (Ostpr.) (Until 1938 Stagutschen; after 1945 Listowoje), former village near Insterburg in East Prussia and in the Russian Oblast Kaliningrad
  • see below for other places with a different spelling


Dallwitz is the name of unrelated Dallwitzschen branches of uradeligen gender scof and Brockdorff , namely

of the Dallwitz branch of the Scofer, created in the 13th century, see Dallwitz (noble family) , including:

  • Kirstan von Dalwitz (documented in 1406), leader in the struggle of the Six-City League of 1406 against the Lords of Waldau
  • Hans III. (the elder) von Dallwitz (documented 1523–1563), heir to Starzeddel, imperial and royal high commissioner
  • Hans IV. (The younger) von Dallwitz (documented 1556–1588, † 1588), heir to Starzeddel, Kohlo and O 30, lord of Pleße and Oegeln, royal elder of the Gubnian district
  • Hans V. von Dallwitz (1560–1616), heir to Starzeddel, Kohlo and O 30, lord of Räschen and Vettersfelde, imperial and royal council
  • Johann Casimir (the younger) von Dallwitz (1715–1762), heir to Kohlo, governor of Upper Lusatia, poet
  • Johann Carl Friedrich von Dallwitz (1742–1796), lord of Königswartha, Caßlau, Eutrich, Troops, Johnsdorf, Caminau, Neudorf and Koblenz, privy councilor, cathedral dean of Meißen, pioneer of prehistoric archeology
  • Sigismund von Dallwitz (1803–1882), Herr auf Siegersdorf, Tschirne, Uhyst und Lips, lawyer, politician, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly (casino parliamentary group)
  • Sigismund von Dallwitz (1829–1906), Herr auf Tornow, politician, member of the German Reichstag
  • Johann Carl Otto von Dallwitz , captain and commander, honorary citizen of the city of Leipzig from 1837
  • Günther von Dallwitz (1838–1910), Prussian administrative officer
  • Luise Wanda von Dallwitz , b. von Graefe (1830–1914), writer (pseudonym Walther Schwarz), art collector
  • Johann von Dallwitz (1855–1919), Anhalt and Prussian politician, Prussian interior minister, governor of Alsace-Lorraine
  • Burkhard von Dallwitz (* 1959), composer
  • Yoliswa von Dallwitz (* 1975), German-South African camerawoman and lecturer

as well as the Dallwitz branch of Brockdorffer, which originated in the 19th century

Dallwitz is also the name of the Dallwitz branch of the ancient noble family Kanitz , which originated in the 16th century , including:

Dallwitz is also the name of other families, including:

The Dallwitz airborne battalion is named after the village of Dallwitz near Insterburg, where it was set up.


See also:

  • Dallwitz-Nunatak
  • Dalwitz (Gut Dalwitz), part of the community Walkendorf in the Rostock district in Mecklenburg
  • Dahlwitz ( Dahlwitz Castle), part of the municipality of Hoppegarten in the Märkisch-Oderland district in Brandenburg
  • Thallwitz , castle and community in the district of Leipzig in Saxony (with reference to the families Dallwitz and Canitz and Dallwitz)
  • Tollwitz (formerly Talwiz), part of the town of Bad Dürrenberg in the Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt